Therefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
1 Kings 1:3 - King James 2000 So they sought for a fair young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So they sought a fair maiden through all the territory of Israel and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. American Standard Version (1901) So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. Common English Bible So they looked in every corner of Israel until they found Abishag from Shunem. They brought her to the king. Catholic Public Domain Version And so they sought a beautiful young woman in all the parts of Israel. And they found Abishag, a Shunammite, and they led her to the king. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So they sought a beautiful young woman in all the coasts of Israel: and they found Abisag a Sunamitess, and brought her to the king. |
Therefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
And the young woman was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where there was a wealthy woman; and she urged him to eat some food. And so it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat some food.
Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be beautiful young virgins sought out for the king:
And let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
And their border went to Jezreel, and included Chesulloth, and Shunem,
And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.